different between toshy vs toshly

toshy

English

Etymology

tosh +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

toshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)

  1. (Britain, slang) rubbishy, trashy; worthless
    • 1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, 163
      The poor public [] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat
    • 1856, J. Ballantine, Poems, 47
      And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.

Anagrams

  • hoyst

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toshly

English

Adverb

toshly (comparative more toshly, superlative most toshly)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of tosh, tightly, cleanly, neatly
    • 1788, E. Picken, Poems & Epist., 176
      Row't toshly up, an' franket.

Anagrams

  • slothy

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